Annunciation (Leonardo)

Annunciation
Italian: Annunciazione
Artist	Leonardo da Vinci
Year	c. 1472–1476
Medium	Oil and tempera on poplar panel
Subject	The Annunciation
Dimensions	98 cm × 217 cm (39 in × 85 in)
Location	Uffizi, Florence

The Annunciation is a painting widely attributed to the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1472–1476.^{[n 1]} Leonardo's earliest extant major work, it was completed in Florence while he was an apprentice in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio. The painting was made using oil and tempera on a large poplar panel and depicts the Annunciation, a popular biblical subject in 15th-century Florence. Since 1867 it has been housed in the Uffizi in Florence, the city where it was created. Though the work has been criticized for inaccuracies in its composition, it is among the best-known portrayals of the Annunciation in Christian art.
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